Photos of the Day: 6/2

Images from around the globe.

A boy waves a pro-independence “estelada” flag during a protest calling for the independence and implementation of the republic in Catalonia after the announcement of the abdication of Spain’s King Juan Carlos in Barcelona on Monday. King Juan Carlos, who led Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy but faced damaging scandals amid the nation’s financial meltdown, announced Monday he will abdicate in favor of his more popular son so that fresh royal blood can rally the nation.

A man passes an advertisement poster in downtown Stuttgart, in southern Germany, on Monday.

A pro-Russian rebel fires his weapon during clashes with Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Luhansk, Ukraine, on Monday. Hundreds of pro-Russia insurgents attacked a border guard base in eastern Ukraine on Monday, with some firing rocket-propelled grenades from the roof of a nearby residential building. At least five rebels were killed when the guards returned fire, a spokesman for the border guard service said.

A man floats with the aid of an air-filled tube as he returns after plucking Lotus flowers from the Bindu Sagar Pond before selling them to devotees at the nearby Lingaraj Hindu temple in Bhubaneswar, India, on Monday.

Two fans sports U.S. flags as they walk around the venue during the fourth round of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.

The boat captain of team Australia reaches for the finish-line flag during a traditional Chinese dragon boat race in Taipei, Taiwan. Dragon boat races are in remembrance of Chu Yuan, an ancient Chinese scholar-statesman, who drowned in 277 B.C. while denouncing government corruption.

Spain’s Fernando Verdasco puts his fingers in his eyes as he plays Britain’s Andy Murray during their fourth-round match of the French Open in Paris.

Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the site of a parked car bomb attack at a commercial area in the southern city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.

Pakistani day laborer Hassanain Ahmad, 17, cools off under a water supply pipe as the temperature rises in Islamabad. Temperatures reached 102.2 degrees.

Photos of the Day: 6/2

Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the site of a parked car bomb attack at a commercial area in the southern city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.